Did You Hear ...? Ron Howard rescues Han Solo, the Slants declare victory and more from the week in entertainment

Ron Howard has agreed to take over as director of the upcoming Han Solo movie. (Rex Buckner / TNS)

A big movie had a big crisis, a tenacious band had a big win, a late-night host asked for trouble, a reality show got rolling again and a Hollywood institution made plans to expand. Here's all that news and more from this week in entertainment.

The Slants have a right to call themselves whatever

Thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court, the Slants are no longer "The Band That Must Not Be Named." On Tuesday, the justices announced their unanimous opinion that the Asian American band could trademark its traditionally offensive name. The nearly eight-year journey was "excruciating," the band said. Did we mention they were celebrating? "It's been about the rights of all marginalized communities," frontman Simon Tam said.

John Oliver gets a lump of coal in his legal stocking

On Sunday's "Last Week Tonight" segment on coal, John Oliver very publicly ignored a preemptive cease-and-desist letter and tore into the CEO of Murray Energy Corp. Noting that Murray Energy had promised to sue him, he said he had to proceed with caution. "I'm not going to say, for instance, that Bob Murray looks like a geriatric Dr. Evil, even though he does." On Wednesday, Murray sued HBO and Oliver for defamation. Told ya so.

‘Bachelor in Paradise’ declares no harm, no foul

After its internal investigation of events that shut down “Bachelor in Paradise” found “no evidence to support any charge of misconduct by a cast member,” Warner Bros. announced it would restart production on the love-in-the-tropics summer reality show. However, contestant Corinne Olympios’ attorney said his team would keep investigating what happened to his client and promised “multiple new witnesses.”

Guess who’s coming to Hollywood’s Walk of Fame

Get ready to see more stars, because the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce on Thursday announced its crop of Walk of Fame inductees for 2018. Some who you'll recognize? How about Snoop Dogg, Jennifer Lawrence, Gina Lollobrigida and Minnie Mouse. The class includes a total of 10 people in the film category, 12 in TV, eight in music, three in live theater and one in radio.